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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowMetropolitan Indianapolis Public Broadcasting Inc., the not-for-profit that operates WFYI public television and radio stations, is seeking a zoning variance to build a 150-foot microwave transmission tower at the former headquarters of Indiana Energy Inc.,
The MIPB board voted late last year to authorize buying the building, which is listed by its Los-Angeles based owner, Mission Office Park LLC, for $10 million. If a deal is completed, WFYI TelePlex would move into the building from its current location two blocks south at
The Board of Zoning Appeals is scheduled to hear the variance petition Feb 13.
The building has been all but vacant since the utility merged with Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. in 2000. The merged company was renamed Vectren Corp., and is headquartered in
Roughly 12 Vectren Corp. employees work in the 94,000-square-foot-building. It has 320 spaces in a parking garage and 110 on a surface lot.
WFYI President Lloyd Wright has said the organization wants to bring its employees under one roof and offer more space. It now operates from two buildings; the second is next door to its main facility.
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